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When Port Washington resident Ken Grigas served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany in 1972, he often spent his free time visiting nearby World War I battlefields.

One of the most moving locations, and whose memory has stayed with him these past 46 years, was the site of the six-week Meuse-Argonne offensive, where 26,277 Americans were killed and 95,786 were wounded. The American Cemetery is where 15,000 American soldiers are buried.

Saukville police were called to a residence in the 600 block of Fox Run Drive on Aug. 27 for the report of a family member who had just used heroin and driven to the home.

At the residence, police talked with a 27 year-old Saukville woman who said she went to Milwaukee earlier where she purchased crack and heroin. She used the crack about six hours before in Milwaukee and had just injected heroin in Port Washington prior to driving to Saukville.

The recent flooding in Saukville isn’t the first time the village has experienced high water, and the Oscar Grady Library has the photographs to prove it.

“This week’s flooding is nothing new in the history of the town,” the library posted on its Facebook page, along with some of the photos taken during that flood, last week. “But for sure it could have been worse. Luckily the water levels were less than let’s say 1959.”

Due to damp conditions at Grady Park, the Saukville Car Show scheduled for Sunday will be moved from Grady Park to Veterans Park downtown.

The all-day event is a fundraiser for the Saukville Fire Department is dependent on the weather. The Farmers Market, normally held at Veterans Park at that time, also will be open to the public.

The following roads will be closed to traffic: South Mill Street, East Green Bay Avenue from Ulao Street to South Main Street, Park Street from East Green Bay Avenue to just north of the American Family Insurance agency.